Robert and Merle Haas papers 1911-1976

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Robert and Merle Haas papers 1911-1976

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Robert K. Haas (1890-1964) was an American publisher who created the Book of the Month Club with Harry Scherman in 1926. He also founded New Books, Inc. (a two-part reading program) and Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, a publishing house that merged with Random House in 1936. His wife, Merle Simon Haas (1897-1985), was active in volunteer work and was best known for her English translations of Babar the Elephant books. Collection consists of correspondence, writings, family papers, photographs, motion picture films, and printed ephemera relating to the Haas family and to Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Materials concerning Robert and Merle Haas include correspondence, 1911-1976, with family, friends and professional associates (some correspondence, 1943-1960, is with William Faulkner); writings by Robert Haas; papers relating to the Haas and Simon families; photographs; films, ca. 1930-1949; and printed matter. Dorothy Canfield Fisher materials include correspondence, 1925-1959, of both a professional and personal nature; writings, photographs, and printed matter.

3.6 linear feet (8 boxes)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6311291

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher (February 17, 1879 – November 9, 1958) was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early 20th century. She strongly supported women's rights, racial equality, and lifelong education. Eleanor Roosevelt named her one of the ten most influential women in the United States. In addition to bringing the Montessori method of child-rearing to the U.S., she presided over the country's first adult education program and shaped literary taste...

Haas family

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Simmons family

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Book-of-the-Month Club

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The Book-of-the-Month Club, founded in 1926, is a United States mail-order business, customers of which are offered a new book each month. From the description of Book-of-the-Month Club records, 1939-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131595 The Book-of-the-Month Club (BOMC) was founded in 1926 by Harry Scherman (1887-1969) in partnership with Maxwell Sackheim (1890-1982) and Robert K. Haas (1890-1964). Created to satisfy a perceived demand for quality literature that co...

Faulkner, William, 1897-1962

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American fiction writer. From the description of Papers of William Faulkner [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647809728 From the description of Jacket, [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647811922 From the description of Uncorrected galley proof of The Faulkner reader [manuscript], 1954 April 1. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647809700 From the description of Photograph, 1962 Mar. 2...

Haas, Merle

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Haas, Robert K., 1890-1964

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Robert K. Haas (1890-1964) was an American publisher who created the Book of the Month Club with Harry Scherman in 1926. He also founded New Books, Inc. (a two-part reading program) and Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, a publishing house that merged with Random House in 1936. His wife, Merle Simon Haas (1897-1985), was active in volunteer work and was best known for her English translations of Babar the Elephant books. From the description of Robert and Merle Haas papers, 1911-1976. (...